BUICK: Build Usher In CmaKe

cd build && cmake .. no more! Let's buick .!

buick is a snippet to automate running cmake in a user-defined build directory to prevent the notorious cmake build cache files contamination.

Install

Download and chmod the script buick. To make it system-wide available, just create an alias in your shell rc file.

Usage

1. buick with no arguments will cd to the build directory and make.
2. buick <path_to_CMakeLists> <cmake_commandline_arguments> will create ./build and run cmake <cmake_commandline_arguments> in it. <path_to_CMakeLists> can be relative.
3. The above command will create ./.buick in which the build directory and last successful cmake command are cached.
4. buick --last-cmake runs the cached cmake command.
5. buick --build-dir=<your_build_dir> uses a different directory than the default ./build.
6. buick --clean will rm -rf the cached build directory if it exists. Passing --clean will make buick ignore all other arguments.

Caveats

• I only included gnu make. For other build tools, please modify the script as needed.
• Relative paths used in cmake commandline options may not be properly supported.